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Patent No. 378,428 dated February 28,1888.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed November18,1887. Serial No. 255,480. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it. may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. BRILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailway- Cars, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is aside elevation of a street-railway or other car having two separateapartments with intervening platform and runninggcar at each end of thecar, embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a like view showing adouble-decked car and a stairway leading from the roof to the platformlocated between said two separate apartments. Fl 3 isahort zontalsection through the center of the carbody. Figs. at and 5 are plans ofthe roof of the car shown in Fig. 2, illustrating diiferent arrangementsof the seats on the roof. Fig.6 is a vertical section, partly inelevation, of Fig. 5; and Fig. 7 is a plan of forward truck for the car,showing central opening in the bolster, an electric motor supported insaid opening, and driving mechanism between the motorshaft and axles forthe truck. 4

lily invention has relation, generally, to railway-cars, andparticularly to that form of street-railway cars having two separateapart- 1nents-onc at each end of the carand an inter vening platformcommunicating with both said apartments, one of which is designed foruse as a smelting apartment. As heretofore constructed, so far as I amaware, this form of streetcar has been provided with one pair of wheelsin front of and another pair of wheels to the rear of the interveningplatform, with the axle-boxes therefor secured to the can body. Thisconstruction of car, however, necessitates the use of a short length ofcar, in

- order that both pairs of wheels may be brought close enough togetherto admit of easy turni ing of curves; but the use of these shortlengthcars is objectionable on account of their limited seating capacity,andhence when made longer both pairs of wheels have been located inadvance of said intervening platform. This last-described location ofboth pairs of the wheels causes an undue overhanging of the rear part ofthe car, and consequently an undue vertical vibration of the rear end ofthe same,

which results in the lifting of the front wheels more or less from thetracks, and the consequent liability of the car to jump or run off ofthe track as it is propelled. Again, in both of these describedconstructions of cars the intervening platform is open at both ends orsides, which is objectionable on account of danger incurred bypassengers getting off of the car on the side next to an up or downtrack of a double-track road.

My invention has for its object to avoid the above-described objections,or to so construct and arrange its running-gear that the car may be madeof any desired length, that vertical vibration of the ends of the carand liability of the car to run off the tracks is avoided, or both endsof the car are equally supported and the ear turns or travels on thecurves of a road with the ease and facility of the usual form or lengthof street-car, and hence my improved car is especially adapted for useupon eablemotor railways and upon electric rail ways of either of theforms now in use-to wit, that embracing storagebatteries on the car forsupplying a current to the motor, or that in which the motor on the caris in a loop-circuit from underground conduitconducfors or from overheadwires.

My invention has for its further objects to provide the car or itsplatform with only one side opening for the passengers, so as to avoiddanger of accident in getting off of and entering the car upondoubletrack railways; to provide an inclosed apartment for the gripmanor engineer of a size su'fficiently large for his requirements withoutencroaching upon the seating capacity of the forward apartment, and tomake the car a convenient double declred car.

My invention accordingly consists of the combinations,constructions, andarrangements of parts, as hereinafter described, and pointed out in thespecification and claims.

A represents the body of the car, which is divided into twopassenger-apartments, a and a, with a vestibule or platform, B, betweensaid apartments. The apartment a is preferably smaller than o, and islocated at the rear of the car,so that it can be used asasmokingapartment without offense to the passengers in the apartment a.

The platform or vestibule B is closed at one side, a", ofthe ear-body,as shown at b,- or said side a is unbroken from end to end, so thatpassengers can only get off and onto said platform at its open side I),at which suitable handrails, b", are provided, as desired; hence upondouble-track railways all danger of accident to passengers getting on oroff the car may be avoided by locating the open end I) of the platformat or on the outer side of the cars.

Near the forward end of the car is located a preferably four-wheeledtruck, G, of any suitable construction and having any suitable pivotalconnection with the car-body; but I preferthat form of truck shown anddescribed in United States Letters Patent No. 365,669, and dated June28, 1887, wherein the bolster 0, though continuous from side to side ofthe truck-frame, is divided and united by an open or skeleton casting orframe, 0, or is so made that it has a large central opening, 0 as shownmore plainly in Fig. 7, and also combined pivot and rub plates 0 neareach end of the bolster, to bring the weight or pressure of the car asnear to the wheels as possible in order to enhance the traction of thesame upon the rails and more effectually maintain the wheels upon thetracks and secure easy riding.

The truck 0 is provided with a suitable guard or fender, D. At or nearthe rear end of the car is preferably located a single pair or set ofwheels, E, the axle-boxes c for which are mounted in pedestals e,secured to the carbody in the manner usually done for streetrailwaycars, and to axle-box or a saddle therefrom is secured a fender orguard, D, both said fenders D and D pointing in the same direction andbeing located in advance of the respective running-gear for which theyserve as guards or fenders.

The ear constructed and provided with running-gear, as above described,has both ends equally supported, and vertical vibration of sameand'consequent liability of the car to run off the track is avoidedunder even the heaviest and most unbalanced weight in the car, and thetruck 0 admits of the car turning or traveling a curve with ease.

As the truck 0 has the open bolster, (shown in Fig. 7,) a grip may besuspended within the same, as illustrated in said mentioned patent, toadapt the car for cable-motor railways; or a suitable electric motor maybe located within said bolster-opening, and have a drive chain, belt, orother like connection with one or both axles of the truck, as indicated,to electrically propel the car.

The current for the motor may be supplied from storage-batteri es on thecar or from either underground conduit or overhead line-wires.

To maintain full seating capacity of apartment a and yet give amplespace or room for the engineer to work the various brake, gripactuating,or electric-switch levers withoutinterference on the part of thepassengers, the usual front platform of the car is inclosed to provide asmall apartment, a, from the rear side of which and between the seatsprojects an angular recess, a, as shown more-plainly in Fig. 4. Thisangular recess extends from the floor to the top of the car, and is inline with the swing or movement of the said actuating-levers. As therecess (0 extends into the aisle of the car and does not interfere withor takeup any of the seating capacity for apartment a, it followsthat'such extension or re cess may be of any desired depth required bythe movement of said levers. This recess is provided with a door, (P, inone of its sides for egress to and ingress from the engineers apartmenta which preferably has sliding sashes a, so that they can be dropped infair weather and raised during cold or inclement weather.

hen the car is a double-decked car, or has seats L upon the roof aarranged as shown either in Figs. 4 or 5, the roof is suitably railed orinclosed, as shown at M, and a spiral or other suitably-constructedstairway, m, is erected at the closed side or end b of platform 13, andleads to the roof a of the car, as shown more plainly in Figs. 2, 4, and5. The stairway m, being so located, is entirely out of the way of thepassengers in the car and in getting off or onto the car.

As it is obvious that the details of construction and the configurationof parts of the car or its design and style may be greatly variedwithout departing from the spirit of my invention, I do not limit myselfto the same as shown.

What I claim isr 1. A railway-car having separate passenger apartmentsaand a and intervening vestibuleplatform, B, having closed side I) andopen side I), substantially as set forth.

2. A railway-car having separate passengerapartments a and a andintervening vestibuleplatform, B, and an inclosed engineers or driversapartment, a

3. A railway-car having separate passengerapartrnents a and a,anQintervening vestibuleplatform, 13, and an inclosed engin'eersapartment, to", having recess or projection a extending into the aisleof the car between the seats, substantially as set forth.

4. A railway-car having at its front end an engineers apartment providedwith a rearwardly-extending recess, a, in the aisle of the car betweenthe seats,substantially as set forth.

5. A railway-car having side seats extend ing from end to end of thecar, and at its front end an engineers apartment provided with anangular recess, a, extending into the aisle of the car between theseats, substantial] y as set forth.

6. A railwaycar having separate apartments a and a, interveningvestibuleplatform, B, communicating with both of said apartments, anengineers or drivers apartment, a, in advance of apartment a, afour-wheel truck pivoted to the car-body in front of plat form B, and apair of wheels having axle-box pedestals secured to the car-body to therear of platform B, substantially as set forth.

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7. A railway car having separate apart inents aand ct, intermediatevestibule-platform, 13, having closed side 2) and open side b, andrnnning-gearin advance of and to the rear of said platform, and part ofsaid running-gear having a truck-flame with pivotal connection with theear-body, substantially as set forth.

8. A rnilwayear having apartments a and ct, interveningvestibuleplatform,B, runninggear in front of and to the rear of saidplatform, and fendersD D, for said running-gear, both said fenderspointing in the same direction and located in advance of theirrespective running-gear, substantially as set forth.

9. A railwaycar having apartments a and a, interveningvestibule-platform, B, having closed side 5 and open side I), and astairway on said platform adjacent to said closed side 7) and leading tothe roof of the car,snbsta1'1tiall as set forth.

10. In combination with a car-truck, a bolster running from side to sideof the truckframe, and having a large central opening or frame, anelectric motor supported within said bolster-space, and drivingmechanism between the niotor'shaft and one or more axles of the truck,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. BRILL.

Witnesses:

R. S. REED, S. W. Bnoannnxr.

